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| author | Yuval Adam <_@yuv.al> | 2017-08-07 22:05:24 +0300 |
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| committer | Yuval Adam <_@yuv.al> | 2017-08-07 22:05:24 +0300 |
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diff --git a/docs/wiki/Inspecting-the-initramfs/index.html b/docs/wiki/Inspecting-the-initramfs/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..45b2307 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/wiki/Inspecting-the-initramfs/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang="en"> + <head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + + <title>postmarketOS</title> + + <meta name="description" content="Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones"> + <meta name="keywords" content="postmarketOS"> + + <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <meta name="robots" content="all"> + + <link rel="canonical" href="https://postmarketos.org/wiki/Inspecting-the-initramfs/"> + + <link href="/static/css/tachyons.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> + <link href="/static/css/main.css" rel="stylesheet"> + </head> + + <body> + <div class="mw7 center"> + <div class="cf ph2-ns"> + <a class="title" href="/"> + <h1 class="f2 lh-title"> + <img src="/static/img/recycle.png"></img> + <span>postmarketOS</span> + </h1> + </a> + <div class="menu"> + <ul> + <li><a href="/">Home</a></li> + <li><a href="/wiki/">Wiki</a></li> + <li><a href="/blog/">Blog</a></li> + </ul> + </div> + +<h1>Inspecting the initramfs</h1> +<p>This page explains how to connect to your device when it has booted to the [[initramfs|Initramfs-development]] by installing the so-called <a href="https://github.com/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/blob/master/aports/postmarketos-mkinitfs-hook-usb-shell/20-usb-shell.sh">usb-shell hook</a>. This is useful if you want to know more about the [[boot process]], simply inspect the initramfs or you want to debug why something doesn't work.</p> +<p><strong>NOTE: This is considered a security hole. Only use it for debugging, and uninstall the usb-shell hook afterwards</strong></p> +<p>By default, initramfs launchs a telnet daemon listening on <code>:23</code> waiting for your partition password.</p> +<p>It is possible to enable a second telnet daemon on <code>:24</code> that gives you a shell this way:</p> +<pre class="codehilite"><code class="language-shell">./pmbootstrap.py initfs hook_add usb-shell +./pmbootstrap.py install</code></pre> + + +<p>After reflashing the kernel or booting with the new initramfs image, you should be able to connect to the new telnet instance.</p> + + </div> + </div> + </body> +</html>
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